Getting Down to Basics with Publisher



Getting Down to Basics with Publisher

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During this workshop, you will:
1. Create Publisher documents that support and supplement lessons from academic standards as well as provide parental communication while learning the basics of using the Publisher software.
2. Create a product using Publisher that can be used in the classroom as a teaching and/or student-learning tool.
3. Share teaching and learning products with whole group to demonstrate learning from the session.

Workshop Agenda Length: 6 hours

Introductions (10 minutes)
Whole group introduction to MS Publisher (5 minutes)
Discussion of objectives: (5 minutes)
Whole Group Work:
Copying folder to desktop (10 minutes)
Opening Publisher, blank documents, exploration of formatting tools
exploring possible documents (60 minutes)
Making a flyer (30 minutes)
Break: 10 minutes
Making a business/contact card (30 minutes)
Discussion of newsletter/brochure project--Examples (30 minutes)
Lunch (1 hour)
Independent work: newsletter and/or brochure (2 – 2 ½ hours)
Break during independent work (10 minutes)
Whole Group Share/Discuss (20 minutes)
Closing (10 minutes)
Take any printed materials and saved files you obtained.



Resources


Publisher project example webpages

http://ictpdcluster.wikispaces.com/Publisher+Ideas
door hanger template
http://www.rapides.k12.la.us/vi/21_4.25x11dh.pub





Lessonplans

http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/plans/Pages/road_trip.aspx
http://pjnicholson.com/destinationusa/destinationusa.htm





http://desktoppub.about.com/od/lessonplans/Lesson_Plans_Utilizing_Desktop_Publishing.htm
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?grade=All&keywords=microsoft+publisher&rating=3&search_type=related
[[http://desktoppub.about.com/od/lessonplans/a/lessonplans.htmhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA011443291033.aspx|http://desktoppub.about.com/od/lessonplans/a/lessonplans.htm]]
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA011443291033.aspx
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/lessonplans/l/aa_brochure2.htm




Publisher Rubrics
http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/Microsoft_Publisher_Ruberic.pdf
http://www.spitzertech.com/osu/PDFsSP04/PUBprojectSP04.pdf

tutorials
http://inpics.net/publisher07.html
http://www.tlc.housing.wisc.edu/docs/quicktip_publisher.pdf
http://onestop.mnsu.edu/ci/fattach/get/1457/1274301042/redirect/1/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xMzEwMjcwOTU1L3NpZC9iVk5YQ0J5aw==/filename/publisher-quick-reference-2007.pdf
http://www.premcs.com/publisher_quick_guide.pdf
http://train.byu.edu/Publisher/qrcard.pdf
http://www.msoffice.us/Publisher/Microsoft_Publisher_2007/index.htm